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DADE COUNTY—
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1942.
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Be thou my strong habita¬
tion, whereunto I may continu¬
ally resort; thou hast given
commandment to save me; for
thou art my rock and my fort¬
ress. Psalm 71:3.
Joshua was the originator of
the daylight saving idea.
A neighboring editor
a drunkard as a man
body has conquered his
A neighboring editor puts
this way: To lick the Japs
defense stamps.
Americans have had an a
bundance of everything so
that it gives many of them
jitters to even hear that
are going to be denied
thing that they have been
customed to having.
An exchange tells of a
boy who wrote home to his
ents after the Jap raid on
Harbor. He covered the
situation by saying: “We had
little trouble with the Japs
other day.”
The war is being fought
er wide extremes of climate.
the Russian line the
tures reach 40 and 50
below zero, and in the
jungles of Malay the tempera
ture often reaches 130
Old Dobbin must have
quite a laugh when he heard
the tire rationing
When he starts to town he
probably look in the
door at the car standing
lessly there sans tires and
“Well, so long, I’ll be
you.”
Seed dealers report that
seed houses of the country
ticipating a large demand
seed for war gardens and
yard gardens, have a large
mount of seed on hand. A
varieties will be scarce
there is an ample supply
others.
The coming year and
next year at least are going
be years for the farmer.
tically everything raised can
sold during the next two
and at a fair price. As a
farmer said its time the
ers were getting a break.
have had some mighty
years.
SPEED AS USUAL
Business as usual—that’s what
some people are saying about
American industrial production
in 1941. According to them, in¬
ti n try didn’t change quickly
| from making consumer goods to
making weapons.
Such criticism indicates a lack
of understanding of the facts,
however. Business was anything
but usual during that year. A-
merica had no armament indus¬
try. Before it could begin mak¬
ing weapons in quantity, it had
to build new factories, new tools,
develop new skills. It had to
start from scratch. But it did
start and start quickly to meet
defense requirements. The 245
per cent increase in military
plane production in 1941 over
1940 can never be called busi¬
ness as usual. The 23 per cent
increase in steel production, 72
percent in motor truck out put
—these are anything but “usu¬
al,” in America or anywhere
else in the world.
The record of the past year
shows that progress on war ord¬
ers has been fast. New plants
have gone up in record time.
Many specific orders have been
finished ahead of schedule. The
keynote of the while production
job has been speed—speed as
usual. That’s the only “as usu¬
al” there has been in the entire
program.
NOT TOO BIG
An airplane every four min¬
utes . . . two ships a day . . .
a tank every seven minutes.
That’s the war work schedule
that President Roosevelt has set
for American industry. That’s
what 125,000 planes, 75,000 tanks
and 10,000,000 tons of shipping
mean in terms of actual pro¬
duction. Some idea of the size
of the job ahead may be had
from the fact that the airplane
goal is six t mes our 1941 out¬
put.
Even though it’s a big job, in¬
dustry’s past record indicates
that it’s not too big to handle.
It will take hard work, of course,
and long hours. We’ll have to
get along with fewer of the
comforts and conveniences we
accepted so casually in peace
time. We’ll all have to make
sacrifices and do our share. But,
with a continuous flow of ma¬
terials and the cooperation of
all groups concerned, the job
can be done.
And it shall be done. That’s
the important fact. The indus¬
trial system that in former
years gave us the highest stand¬
ard of living in the world can
now give us the most weapons.
In peace time that system
the envy of our enemies.
in war time it will be their
destruction.
The income tax, with
able deductions, is the
tax that can be devised. All
es is paid from income in
final analysis. Under the in¬
come tax a man pays as
earns. If he earns more he
more. If he earns less he
less. No other tax is so
Out in Ellis county, Kansas,
man makes a business of
jack rabbits which abound
that section. He pays 17
for each rabbit and buys
much as 20 tons of rabbits in
single day. It takes 400
to weigh a ton. The oils
f a ^ s are rendered out, the
US ed in industry and the
and bones converted into
en feed.
Some predict that Hitler
come back against Russia in
spring and crush her. Strong
Hitler’s army still is we
j believe it wall be as easy
time ^ was six months
By her defeat of Hitler’s
Russia has broken the Jinx,
| spell. Russia has proven
Hitler is not invincible or
ernatural. Russia has
that he can be beaten.
Hitler makes his next drive
soldiers will go with the
of their disastrous defeat,
the Red army will go in with
morale built up with the
! ledge that they are better
diers than the soldiers of
j ‘ schesgaden. mad man of Berlin and
THE DADE COUNTY TIMES: THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1942.
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WASTE NOT ...
WANT NOT
America has always been a
wasteful country. Nature has
been so lavish and mass produc¬
tion so prolific that we’ve had
an abundance of everything
from crude oil to hair pins. Ad¬
vertising and attractive prices
have encouraged our natural
tendency to get something new
rather than to patch things up
or get along with the old.
Now things are different. Ov¬
er night, almost, there are
shortages. We begin to see dim¬
ly for the first time what it
would mean to have to make
the old thing “do” much longer
than we wish—what it would
mean to “get along” with what
we have. We begin to realize
that discards tucked away in
the attic, or piled up in a shed
in the back yard, or even thrown
on the village dump heap, have
value.
Freedom to waste is among
the luxuries we must sacrifice
during the war. We’ve got to
begin saving our resources, turn¬
ing them to be best account for
victory. Though we may have
to pull in our belts now, in the
long run the habit of saving will
do us good. Perhaps after the
war, when our factories begin
turning out all kinds of civilian
goods again, we’ll make more
careful use of our raw materials
and have a greater appreciation
of manufactured products than
we’ve ever had before.
Our good friend Editor Under¬
wood of “The Georgia Cracker,"
published at Hazelhurst, recent¬
ly gave us a couple of gallons of
that fine South Georgia syrup.
Underwood is a mighty fine fel¬
low and is cornin’ up to the
mountains for a vacation.
he would be willing to
bread and water” just to get
live in the mountains of
Georgia. Come on up, Mr.
erwood, and you’ll get
more than bread and water,
An old timer was in the
yesterday. The
turned to the ban on the sale
cars and the rationing of
“A lot of people think,” he
‘that they can’t get along
out a car. I can
when there was one or two
in the whole country. We
along all right without
then and I think we could
The President’s message
Congress on the state of
nation in which he outlined
program of defense that
be followed by this
must have sent a chill
the backs of the Japs,
lini and Hitler. Already tired
war they realize they have
to face the greatest mass
mechanized equipment of
latest and best design ever
sembled by any nation in all
history.
THINKING
By
Hugh J. Rudder
“Remember Pearl
Yes, we must and we will
member Pearl Harbor. We
not forget even should we
desire. We read this slogan
there and elsewhere. The
ing that is desired conveyed
to remember the treachery
the Japanese upon December
Now, we have another
for which to remember this
casion. The investigating
mittee, appointed by our
dent, has pointed its finger
rectly at the commanding
cers and have accused them
dereliction of duty. Those
decided, although warned,
there was no danger of an
tack. At least they failed to
the necessary precautions to
on the alert. It gives us
of heart to know that
thousand lost their lives at
time, and our fleet is now
able to rescue the valiant
eral MacArthur and his
army.
That committee did not
demn the officers in charge
less than it charged the
United States for our being
ease in the time of
We, as American people,
not been alert and we are
clined to believe that
have not awakened yet.
This war is not merely
of guns, ships, planes and
mechanical means of
It is a warfare of ideas
ideals; of principles and mo
tives; of allegiances and
Hitler, our main enemy,
this, and he has known it
since he started upon his
reer.
We were greatly disturbed
the reading of the
of education in Germany
Hitler. (Read “Education
Death”—Readers Digest.)
wer shocked anew to
the slimy and devilish
ner by which the Nazis
been able to control the
bodies, and devotion of
German people, especially
youth. We read anew of
the young men are
from babyhood to be
and be willing to die for
Fuerher. Again we read of
the young women are
by nefarious methods that
noblest ambition of any
is to bear sons for soldiers
their leader. These children
be legitimate or
With the greatest devotion
cry, “Heil Hitler” or “Seig
We wonder, concerning
devotion to our supposed
How well does the
young person salute his
and pledge allegiance to
same? Through the years
we have known of the
that Hitler has given his
lowers, how much concern
we had concerning the type
education our young men
women have had? Have we
greatly concerned that
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"BY J. C. WILSON
Newspaper Features, Inc
It is the consensus of opin¬
ion among many representa¬
tive citizens who have express¬
ed themselves to the writer that
in this time of war and nation¬
al crisis, the gravest in United
States history, punitive politics
such as Talmadge is waging a-
gainst Rivers is totally out of
order.
Probably there has never been
an ex-Governor in all the forty-
eight states who could not have
been indicted on a technicality
at the instigation of a vindic¬
tive political enemy who suc¬
ceeded him in office and spent
thousands of dollars of the
state’s money to work up some¬
thing against him.
When Rivers took office as
Governor in January, 1937, the
Legislature with him, practical¬
ly one hundred percent, both in
the House and Senate, and they
had no use at all for Talmadge.
There was a great deal of talk
of impeachment proceedings a-
gainst Talmadge. A Governor
does not have to be in office to
be impeached in Georgia. An
ex-Governor can be impeached.
From an impeachment there is
no appeal to any court, and a
Governor or ex-Governor, if im¬
peached, cannot thereafter hold
any public office.
There is no question that Riv¬
ers could have brought about
the impeachment of Talmadge
if he had been of a mind to do
so. Instead of that, he told his
friends in the Legislature that
according to the way he felt a-
bout it, the people had dealt
with Talmadge at the ballot box
and that anything punitive a-
gainst Talmadge in the Legisla¬
ture would be hitting below the
belt.
At his suggestion the Legisla¬
ture let Talmadge alone and put
their minds on the constructive
program which Rivers had ad¬
vocated as a candidate for Gov¬
ernor, this being the line that
Rivers asked them to take.
The writer owes Rivers no
obligation whatever, and has no
score to settle against Tal¬
madge. The writer is a news¬
paper man who has observed at
close range both men in action
at the head of the state gov¬
ernment.
From that viewpoint, he ven¬
tures _____ to __ suggest that if the
public interest had demanded
the prosecution of Rivers, it
would not have been
I for Talmadge to take the part
of chief instigator and to fin-
ance the proceedings. Nor would
-1 Tal-
j it have been necessary for
madge to work up the indict-
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THE ORIGINAL “STATE OF DADE”
ONE OF NATURE’S MASTERPIECES
Historic Lookout Mountain
Sitton’s Gulch—“The Little Grand Canyon”
.Coal and Ore Mines ( \
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How Much Do You
Know?
1. In what European coun¬
try is the city of Mozhaisk lo¬
cated?
2. Where is General Douglas
MacArthur and his defending
force located?
3. What two football teams
nlayed New Years day in the
Rose Bowl?
4. In what European coun¬
try is the territory known as
the Donets basin located?
5. Of what country is the
Crimean Peninsula located?
6. Where are St. Pierre and
Miquelon islands recently seiz¬
ed by the Free French, located?
7. Where is the gulf of Lin-
gayan located?
8. In what country is the city
of Bengasi located?
9. Where in the Pacific is
the U. S. Naval base, Cavite,
located?
10. Where is Corregidor is¬
land located?
ANSWERS —
1. Russia.
2. In the Philippines on the
island of Luzon in the neigh¬
borhood of Manila.
3. No game was played New
Years day in the Rose Bowl.
4. In Russia. It is the valley
of the river Don.
5. Russia.
6. Off the Newfoundland
I coast.
7. On the coast of Luzon is¬
land in the Philippine group.
8. Libya.
9. In the Philippines near
Manila.
10. At the entrance of Mani¬
la bay.
ments. /
It is now currently reported
that the Talmadge crowd is
raising a private slush fund,
and that there has been brought
about the employment of an
outstanding Atlanta criminal
lawyer to head the prosecution,
in addition to the large staff of
the Solicitor-General and the
staff of special Talmadge in¬
vestigators and state employees
Talmadge has financed.
It is said this criminal lawyer
will be able to bring other poli¬
tical enemies of Rivers to the
aid of Talmadge in the prose¬
cution of the Rivers case.
The writer has witnessed
these sort of things before.
History is full of them. Haman
was hanged on the gallows he
built for Mordecai. Public senti¬
ment is more and more de¬
manding Talmadge’s finish. The
large plantation not far from
Atlanta which he recently
bought, to add to his other huge
holding accumulated since he
became Governor, is just one
item on the long list of public
! complaints against him.
| Georgia will see one powerful
boomerang before all this is
done with.
WITH OUR
FARMER
FRIENDS
DR. R. E. OWNBEY FARM
It may be possible that some
of our farmer friends of Dade
County would be surprised to
know the good job of farming
that is being carried on from
year to year on the farm of Dr
R. E. Ownbey out on Sand Mt.,
near the Alabama line. Dr
Ownbey is a co-operator with
the Agricultural Extension Ser¬
vice and the TVA, carrying on
a unit test demonstration ex¬
periment.
This farm is composed of a
total of 135 acres of which a-
bout 35 acres are in cultivated
crops. There are about 84 acres
of woodland and open pasture.
About two acres in the orchard
and about one acres in the
farmstead and yards.
This farm has had some very
outstanding demonstrations as
to land building, with special
attention to the Hartselle soil,
which is the type of soil domi¬
nant for the land of Dade Coun¬
ty atop the mountains'
Most of the time either sum¬
mer or winter the entire acre¬
age is under a cover crop of
close growing crops. This soil is
in much better physical condi¬
tion than virgin soil and with¬
out the stumps, which we would
have in virgin soil. All of the
land has been terraced and all
of it has been well taken care
of and improved.
For the year 1941, there were
21.9 acres of winter legumes
turned under in the spring. He
had five acres of corn, 0.8 acres
of potatoes, 0.4 acres of home
garden, 3.7 acres of cow peas,
2.5 acres of rye, which was left
on the ground; 6.1 acres of soy¬
beans and 2.4 acres of red clov¬
er and little as you might think,
he had 0.6 of an acre in glad¬
ioli.
This year there has been 7.9
acres of permanent pasture
seeded.
On this farm you will find a-
bout three head of work stock
and a number of cattle which
compose the livestock for the
farm. We have visited this farm
in the summer time when all
the farmers of the county were
suffering from drought. We
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